Will you laugh if I tell you the game Half-life in China is called literally "Half of Life" (半条命)[0]?

Don't take that name too seriously, I don't think there is anything to it other than to make it sound better.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(video_game) (Notice the language selection)

I laughed years ago.

It was less popular than Counter-Strike (which was acronymized as CS) in China when I was young. And I didn’t bothered with the translation for years before I realized the correct one.

Interesting: Google translates 反恐 as "counter-terrorism" (like you say) and 精英 as "elite" (like this "Peace Elite" game), but the combined phrase 反恐精英 as "Counter-Strike". :)

elite here just connotes "elite military force" kind of idea